Every once in a while you hear a song that is so beautiful it haunts you. For the last two weeks it has been Maceo Parker’s "Blues for Shorty Bill" off of his ’93 album ‘Southern Exposure‘. It makes me want to practice that much more. Then a friend of mine gave me the transcription that he did when he, the friend, was in school. Thanks Scott! I ordered the CD that isn’t in print any more. Isn’t Amazon.com wonderful?

 

So Neil and I worked on it with the transcription ‘cuz, of course, Neil had the CD. He cut a copy for me until mine comes in from Amazon and I’ve been working it ever since. Maceo and my friend Scott sound so much alike. He now plays bari sax for the DoctorFunK band which is the Seattle version of Tower of Power.

 

But tonight I’m listening to someone new, Kellylee Evans on Nanda’s MySpace. Oh thanks for for sharing. I’ve listened to it three times now. There is a haunting Milesque muted jazz trumpet in the background and I can’t even hear the works for the melody and beat.

 

Josie, if you’re reading this, go kiss Nicky and tell him how much you love him. He needs it this week.